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Metropolis is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, ranking 67th in Sight and Sound ' s 2022 critics' poll. [13] In 2001, the film was inscribed on UNESCO 's Memory of the World Register, the first film thus distinguished. [14]
- 10 January 1927
- Gottfried Huppertz
- 5.3 million ℛ︁ℳ︁ (estimated) (equivalent to €21 million 2021)
- Erich Pommer
A futuristic city is divided between the wealthy and the working class, and a young man falls in love with a prophet who preaches a mediator between them. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this silent film classic.
- Fritz Lang
- 579
- 2 min
A classic sci-fi film about a futuristic city divided between the wealthy and the working class. Freder, the son of the city's master, falls in love with Maria, a prophet who predicts a savior to unite them.
Mar 28, 1998 · A classic science-fiction film that depicts a futuristic city of contrasts, where the rich and the poor are separated by a vast gulf of ignorance and oppression. The hero Freder discovers the secrets of the lower world and tries to help the workers, while the mad scientist Rotwang creates a robot to control them.
Metropolis is a silent German film that depicts a futuristic city divided between a utopian elite and a dystopian underclass. The film, directed by Fritz Lang, is widely regarded as a masterpiece of science fiction and visual spectacle, with a 90% critics rating and a 92% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Brigitte Helm
- Fritz Lang
- Sci-Fi, Drama
Metropolis, German silent film, released in 1927, featuring director Fritz Lang’s vision of a grim futuristic society and containing some of the most impressive images in film history. (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.)
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Jun 2, 2010 · A classic of German Expressionism, Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" depicts a futuristic city of the future where the workers are oppressed by a mad scientist and a robot. The restored version reveals the missing footage, the subplots and the visual effects that make this film a masterpiece of the cinema.
